EPISODE · Oct 17, 2008 · 1 MIN

Ode À Cassandre

from French Poetry Collection (Vina Tirven-Gadum) · host Athabasca University

En avril 1545, Ronsard rencontre, dans une fête à la cour, Cassandre Salviati, fille d'un banquier italien dont il tombera amoureux. Ronsard a 20 ans et Cassandre en a 13. Lorsqu'elle quitte la cour, le lendemain, Ronsard en gardera un beau souvenir. Il compose ce poème en souvenir d'elle. Le poème, sous forme d'une ode, est un exercice de cour plutôt banal mais il reste original par sa vivacité et l'image de l'amour qu'il donne.

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